Photo Organizer - Are Any Of You. Using this free photo organizing software? It seems easy to install and gives several ways to organize by date, album, favorites etc. I'm getting...

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Using this free photo organizing software? It seems easy to install and gives several ways to organize by date, album, favorites etc.

I'm getting tired of Windows Cloud bugging me to upgrade to a paid service because I've used the max of their free storage and have to back-up the overflow to an external HD.

TIA

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I don't use organizing software.
I keep everything in subject\date directories.
Pretty much keeps it organized for me.

The price one has to pay for free stuff.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Lot of choice. I use folders - Travel, Cars, Family, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_organizer
http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/multimedia/best-photo-organizing-software/
Basic ideas -
http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/using-a-controlled-vocabulary-to-organize-digital-photographs--cms-23344

Lots for free -
Best -
https://blogs.systweak.com/best-free-photo-organizer-software-for-windows-10-8-7/

https://www.digikam.org/
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-digital-photo-organizer.htm
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/10-free-photo-managing-software-you-should-at-least-know/
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/412-best-free-photo-management-software.html

Or not free -
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402024,00.asp
http://photo-organizing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-way-to-organize-a-lifetime-of-photos

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

If, like Longshadow, you organize things in specific directories (which you can name by subject or date, or however you want to organize things), you can use Adobe Bridge. It's free and you can use keywords to search for things, even if they are in different directories.

Personally, I like Lightroom, but it's not free.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

DirtFarmer wrote:

Personally, I like Lightroom, but it's not free.

Me too!

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Having a background in computer programming I wrote my own years ago. This was way before digital. It's continued to work through digital as well.

The nice thing about it is that it is a graphic editor independent bit of software. As the web developed, I moved it to a web server and can now access it anywhere I can get to the web.
--Bob

jederick wrote:

Using this free photo organizing software? It seems easy to install and gives several ways to organize by date, album, favorites etc.

I'm getting tired of Windows Cloud bugging me to upgrade to a paid service because I've used the max of their free storage and have to back-up the overflow to an external HD.

TIA

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

jederick wrote:

Using this free photo organizing software? It seems easy to install and gives several ways to organize by date, album, favorites etc.

I'm getting tired of Windows Cloud bugging me to upgrade to a paid service because I've used the max of their free storage and have to back-up the overflow to an external HD.

TIA

Why are you using the cloud to organize your stuff?
You can do that locally, right in your own computer. No cost.

The cloud has its place in archiving your stuff, but it's certainly not essential unless your stuff is really valuable.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

DirtFarmer wrote:

Personally, I like Lightroom, but it's not free.

Me too. I use Scott Kelby’s SLIM system with LR.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

I don't use software, save my pictures my way. I save as taken by date (year, month, day 200424) and the final pictures I file by subject as we use to file papers in a filing cabinet (rural-farms-barns). It works for me and I also do it on 2 separate external hard drives.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

I use PS Elements. It’s database Organizer lets me reassign a "date taken" to all of my scanned slides and prints from yesteryear. My folder with all of my mom's album prints displays in their chronological order.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

jederick wrote:

Using this free photo organizing software? It seems easy to install and gives several ways to organize by date, album, favorites etc.

I'm getting tired of Windows Cloud bugging me to upgrade to a paid service because I've used the max of their free storage and have to back-up the overflow to an external HD.

I used to organize my slides by subject, and I carried that organization forward when I switched forward to digital - I just use the operating system’s ability to create a tree of folders

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

DirtFarmer wrote:

Why are you using the cloud to organize your stuff?
You can do that locally, right in your own computer. No cost.

The cloud has its place in archiving your stuff, but it's certainly not essential unless your stuff is really valuable.

I wasn't using the pay service, just the free and they kept bugging me that I had maxed out. I don't use LR or Adobe so wanted something simple and ended downloading Photo Organizer yesterday...it looks like it will work just fine. Also, got tired of putting everything in folders and having to search and go through them to find what I needed.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

rmalarz wrote:

Having a background in computer programming I wrote my own years ago. This was way before digital. It's continued to work through digital as well.

The nice thing about it is that it is a graphic editor independent bit of software. As the web developed, I moved it to a web server and can now access it anywhere I can get to the web.
--Bob

Bob you have a great system and you're fortunate to have the talent to design that system...me, I can hardly type and use a keyboard!!

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

jederick wrote:

I wasn't using the pay service, just the free and they kept bugging me that I had maxed out. I don't use LR or Adobe so wanted something simple and ended downloading Photo Organizer yesterday...it looks like it will work just fine. Also, got tired of putting everything in folders and having to search and go through them to find what I needed.

I’ve taken only so many photos in fifty years and I spend little time looking for something.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

The best I've found for the organizing task is Lightroom. YMMV. Best of luck.